"LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY."

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18681, 3 May 1926, Page 5

"LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY."

—— QUEEN'S THEATRE, TO-DAY. MARY PICKFOED, OORINN'E GRIFFITH, AND CHARLES CHAPLIN. The Queen's Theatre again provides a programma of artistio- and entertaining pictures this week, films that will appeal , to all tastes. The chief attraction ie "Little Annie Rooney," Mary Piakford's most human and humorous picture, a. slory that combines &11 the joys and sorrows of childhood, its ambitions and hopes,- friendships and enmities. It is the type of picture that this little s.ctress excels in: a ohild's diary, with its chronicles of gang batles, its hero-worship, its whimsicalities and general appeal. Mary I'ickford ■ was never so young, eo energetic,. bo tomboylike as 'she' is in this picture, tho lighting, ragged daughter of Officer Rooney, of the old song. "Annie Booney is a genius of acting and direction, the insight into the child mind being a triumph of motion picture art. Joe lielly, Annies •hero, is splendidly portrayed by William Haynes, and the' rival gangs are acted by children'of experience and talent. "Classified," a First National production, in which Corinne Griffith atid Jack Mulhall j are the stars, is the second picture, and i« a problem play of •-the, first order. Occasionally the ,picture-goers like to. have a film set before them that calls for an answer, nnd this is what "Classified doeß. Presenting tho ambitions of a working girl who seeks to rise higher than her source, the story deals ,iu ft tareful manner with the pitfalls that beset her, and although tho theme is mainly dramatic,' humour ot a superlatively good brand is supplied by the girl's..father, who is completely mystified by bis modern daughters ways. Ihe veteran actor, Charles Murray, takes the uarfc of the father, and is, perhaps, the most outstanding- person m tb® brilliant cast. Charlie Chaplin, in "The Pawnshop," and the fourteenth episode of Samsoil of tie Circus" complete a particularly enjoyable programme. The bos plans are at "Webley's. '